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Space Delta 4
Emblem of Space Delta 4
Emblem of Space Delta 4
Founded 24 July 2020; ago (2020-07-24)
Country Flag of the United States United States
Branch Flag of the United States United States Space Force
Type Delta
Role Missile warning
Size 1,200 personnel[1]
Part of Space Operations Command emblem Space Operations Command
Headquarters Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado, U.S.
Motto(s) Latin language: Videmus Mundum [2]
Website www.buckley.spaceforce.mil
Commanders
Commander Col Miguel A. Cruz[3]
Vice Commander Lt Col Andrew Downey[4]
Deputy Commander Lt Col Brandon P. Alford[5]
Superintendent CMSgt Tammie D. Gaudu[6]
Insignia
Guidon Space Delta 4 guidon

Space Delta 4 (DEL 4) is a United States Space Force unit responsible for providing strategic and theater missile warning to the United States and its international partners. It operates three constellations of Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) satellites and two types of Ground-Based Radars (GBRs) for the purpose of conducting strategic and theater missile warning. Additionally, DEL 4 provides tipping and cueing to missile defense forces, battlespace awareness to combatant commanders and technical intelligence for further analysis and manages weapon system architectures and ensures operations are intelligence-led, cyber-resilient, and driven by innovation, while postured to operate in a contested, degraded, and operationally-limited environment.[7]

Activated on 24 July 2020, the delta is headquartered at Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado.[7][8]

DEL 4 was based on the previous 460th Operations Group, 460th Space Wing and 21st Operations Group, 21st Space Wing.[9][10]

Structure[]

Emblem Name Function Headquarters Spacecraft and ground-based radars Detachments
Squadrons
2nd Space Warning Squadron emblem 2nd Space Warning Squadron Missile warning, missile defense, battlespace awareness, and technical intelligence[11] Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado Defense Support Program
Space Based Infrared System
3rd Satellite Communications Squadron emblem 3rd Satellite Communications Squadron[12] Military communications[11] Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado
6th Space Warning Squadron emblem 6th Space Warning Squadron Missile warning and space domain awareness[11] Cape Cod Space Force Station, Massachusetts AN/FPS-132 Upgraded Early Warning Radar
7th Space Warning Squadron emblem 7th Space Warning Squadron Missile Defense and space domain awareness[11] Beale Air Force Base, California AN/FPS-132 Upgraded Early Warning Radar
Long Range Discrimination Radar
10th Space Warning Squadron emblem 10th Space Warning Squadron Missile warning and space domain awareness[11] Cavalier Space Force Station, North Dakota AN/FPQ-16 Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack Characterization System
11th Space Warning Squadron emblem 11th Space Warning Squadron Missile warning, missile defense, battlespace awareness, and technical intelligence[11] Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado Defense Support Program
Space Based Infrared System
12th Space Warning Squadron emblem (2) 12th Space Warning Squadron Missile warning and space domain awareness[11] Thule Air Base, Greenland AN/FPS-132 Upgraded Early Warning Radar
13th Space Warning Squadron emblem 13th Space Warning Squadron Missile warning, missile defense, and space domain awareness[11] Clear Space Force Station, Alaska AN/FPS-132 Upgraded Early Warning Radar
AN/FPS-108 Cobra Dane (Operating Location)
Long Range Discrimination Radar		 Operating Location: Eareckson Air Station, Alaska
Operating locations
Operating Location – Fylingdales Missile warning and space domain awareness[11] RAF Fylingdales, United Kingdom AN/FPS-132 Upgraded Early Warning Radar

List of commanders[]

No. Commander Term Ref
Portrait Name Took office Left office Duration
1
Richard L
Bourquin, Richard L.Colonel Richard L. Bourquin24 July 202015 July 2021356 days[13]
2
Miguel A
Cruz, Miguel A.Colonel Miguel A. Cruz15 July 2021Incumbent3 years, 143 days[3][14]

References[]

PD-icon This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Government.

  1. ↑ "CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT TAMMIE D. GAUDU". https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/2733472/chief-master-sergeant-tammie-d-gaudu/. 
  2. ↑ "DEL 4 Motto". https://www.facebook.com/USSFSpaceDelta4/videos/del-4-motto/425175698714697/. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "COLONEL MIGUEL A. CRUZ". https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/2733147/colonel-miguel-a-cruz/. 
  4. ↑ "LT. COL. ANDREW DOWNEY > Buckley Space Force Base > Display". https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/2481665/lt-col-andrew-downey/. 
  5. ↑ "LIEUTENANT COLONEL BRANDON P. ALFORD". https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/2734634/lieutenant-colonel-brandon-p-alford/. 
  6. ↑ "CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT TAMMIE D. GAUDU". https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/2733472/chief-master-sergeant-tammie-d-gaudu/. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Buckley Air Force Base Units". https://www.buckley.af.mil/Units/.  PD-icon This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  8. ↑ "Buckley Air Force Base Biographies". https://www.buckley.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/.  PD-icon This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  9. ↑ Space Force Organisations Take Shape Archived August 11, 2020, at the Wayback Machine., July 24, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Space Delta 4 - Missile Warning" (in en-US). https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Article/322395/space-delta-4-missile-warning/. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 "Space Delta 4 - Missile Warning". https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Article/322395/space-delta-4-missile-warning/. 
  12. ↑ "Space Delta 4". https://www.facebook.com/USSFSpaceDelta4/posts/pfbid0eFJYDa1ffrFnvk5QM1zZe2kRH5DHbgJb6KD8aC2zepsTRSAmg8PXWSh6C9CvauwWl. 
  13. ↑ "COLONEL RICHARD L. BOURQUIN". https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/1882030/colonel-richard-l-bourquin/. 
  14. ↑ "DEL 4 receives new commander". https://www.buckley.spaceforce.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2696498/del-4-receives-new-commander/. 
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